Club owner Aman Seda, known as Roy, and his wife Farrah returned from a holiday in the Philippines to find more than £1,000 in cash and several watches missing as well as the locks on the flat's door loose.

The 32-year-old thief was found to have pictures of him gloating with the Rolex watch and was seen by others wearing it before selling it to a jewellery store a few doors away, registering it to his father’s address.

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“He said he needed the toilet and she had to constantly tell him there was no need as there were several others before security escorted him off the premises.

“The defendant was also seen wearing the Rolex and photos of him wearing it were taken. It was recovered from the jewellers.”

Magistrate Terry Carpenter heard Windless told police the photos were of a watch he got for his dad’s birthday and latterly that he “flogged [the Rolex] to raise money”, but his fingerprints were found on its box in the flat.

Roy Seda (front) with his wife and staff outside the Dice Bar (Image: David Cook)

The court heard while he recalled being thrown out the flat on May 13, he “had taken cocaine and cannabis” and told police he “found the Rolex on a desk at work and didn’t realise it was Roy’s”.

Wearing a beige T-shirt and zip-up jacket with jeans, Windless didn’t say anything in the dock.

Windless, of North Walk, has six previous convictions for eight offences including two thefts in 2008 and 2014, the latter a vehicle theft.

He was charged for driving under the influence of alcohol in November and previously had been cautioned over a burglary in 2001.